December 24, 2008 - Christmas Eve

It was a special Christmas for us. In the morning, I called my family in the Czech Republic using the computer and a web camera. We opened my parent's presents in front of them. What an innovation the webcam is. I then said we had a present for them...and the news was out! Later in the evening I cooked the traditional Czech Christmas Eve dinner, chicken broth noodle soup, fried salmon (should have been carp, but Paul insisted to change the tradition to a boneless fish) and homemade potato salad. This was the first time I baked more then 5 different types of Czech cookies and Paul's favorite chocolate chip, so we had plenty of sweets. After the dinner, we gave Jean and Marvin a special card. It said, Christmas is full of surprises and we added "Special present will be delivered before, on or after 7-17-2009". The ultrasound picture was included.

Tyto Vanoce byly pro nas specialni. Rano jsem zavolala domu do Ceske Republiky prostrednictvim pocitace a web camery. Otevreli jsme si darky pred mojima rodicema. Web camera je senzacni vynalez. Pote jsem rekla, ze mame darek pro ne...a novinka proletela svetem! Na stedrovecerni veceri jsem varila tradicni jidlo, kureci nudlovy vyvar, smazeneho lososa (mel to byt kapr, ale Paul nalehal, ze zmenime tradici na rybu bez kosti) a domaci bramborovy salat. Poprve jsem pekla vice nez 5 druhu vanocniho cukrovi podle tradicnich ceskych receptu a Paulovi oblibene cokoladove cookies, takze jsme meli plno cukrovi. Po veceri jsme dali Jean a Marvinovi specialni pranicko. Stalo tam, Vanoce jsou plne prekvapeni a my jsme dodali "specialni darek bude dorucen pred, na a po 17-7-2009". Vlepila jsem tam take fotku ultrazvuku.